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Heatherbloom heard a Prince Someone's name mentioned; then the roses were whisked back; the voice musical as silver bells receded, and the front door closed. Mr. Heatherbloom gazed around him at the furnishings in the room she who stood before him. He seemed bewildered. "And now as to your wages," said a voice not silver bells! sharply.
"I want plenty of the best fruit," I said boldly. "You'll get all you can eat of whatever the markets afford," he said, "and understand right here that I'll indulge you to any extent in anything relating to your food or wine, as long as you keep sober. Similarly you can have anything you ask for in the way of extra clothing or bedding or furnishings for your quarters.
Warned by the uproar of the bells and drums, the people came scurrying through the streets to the palace; some carrying children in their arms; others the best beloved of their household furnishings. The palace was hastily made ready for a siege. Soon, cursing and swearing, the black-bearded pirates arrived, and began to sack the town.
"But what are you going to do?" he asked. "These surroundings are not for you " He looked around at the cheap furnishings which he could see through the open window and his face showed real concern. "I shall teach or write, or go out as governess," replied Shirley with a tinge of bitterness. Then smiling sadly she added: "Poverty is easy; it is unmerited disgrace which is hard."
As she went up in the elevator, her heart was palpitating with pleasure and distress. It occurred to the good lady that the "foolish virgins" must have had feelings like this when for the first time they fell from the heights of virtue. The tears came to her eyes when she beheld the room whose furnishings and pictures so vividly recalled the absent.
His wild jungle life had inured him to the sight of dead and dying animals, and had he known that he was looking upon the remains of his own father and mother he would have been no more greatly moved. The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention.
To the original owners there was an individuality about every piece, although to the collector the same characteristics of well-known objects tell that in days gone by the cabinet-maker followed stereotyped lines, and there were but few who moved out of the regular ruts and made distinctive designs in home ornaments and sundry furnishings.
Only when his captive was secure did he begin looking about him curiously. The room was bare of any furnishings and now, as he glanced at the floor, Ross saw that the plate had lost its glow. The Beaker trader Rossa rubbed sweating palms on his kilt and thought fleetingly of forest ghosts and other mysteries.
A "living" room it surely was! In the better houses, however, this room was divided, with the kitchen partitioned off from the rest. Most of the furnishings were the products of the colony and chiefly of the family's own workmanship. The floor was of hewn timber, rubbed and scrubbed to smoothness. A woolen rug or several of them, always of vivid hues, covered the greater part of it.
Floors Hardwood Stained antique oak, with wax or varnish finish. Floors Softwood Painted a deep yellow, or covered in plain brown, tan, or Jaspe linoleum. Suggested List of Furnishings for the Bedroom Bed Full size, or twin beds In mahogany, walnut, ivory paint, or enamel. Box or wire springs. Mattress and pillows.
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